Culinary utensil.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

F. J. LAROCK.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

APPLIoATIoN FILED Jungs, 1905.

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UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIOKJ. LAROOK, OF EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Applicata@ nea my 2s, 1906. serial No. 271,619.

Patented 'April 24, 1/906.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. LAROCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Culinary Utensil, of 4which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a utensil which is designed for beating, mashing, mixing, and whipping food substances--such as eggs, sugar, butter, Hour, milk, cream, and similar ingredients-.which are used for making cake, pastry, desserts,`and the like articles of food.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, convenient, and easily-operated device of this nature which will thoroughly any ingredients :support and provided with'a mixer or pestle which is arranged to be revolved about the inner wall of the bowl and at the ysame time rotated on its axis, so asto thoroughly stir, mash, and mix the ingredients into a smooth soft mass. l

Figure 1` of the accompan ing drawings shows a plan of the utensi ig. 2 shows a central vertical section of the same on the plane indicated by the line 2 2 on Fig. 1.

The bowl 1, which may be formed any desired size of any suitable material, preferably galvanized iron, is provided with an arm 2, which supports a clamp-screw 3, that may be used for fastening the bowl to the edge of a table. or similar support. A cover 4 is designed to. close the top of the bowl. This cover is preferably temporarily held in place at the back by a lug 5, that extends from the r`edge of the bowl, and at the front by a nu't 6, that turns on a swivel-bolt 7, held by a lug 8,

which projects from the side of the bowl. Supported by and immovably connected with the cover is a ear 9. Extending through an o ening in the ub of this gear is the stem Fastened to the lower end of the stem of this' handle is an arm 12. The outer end of this arm sup orts an arbor 13. Keyed to the uplper end o this arbor is a pinion 15, that mes es with the fixed gear, and keyed to the lower end is a pinion 16that meshes with a ear 17 on a hubA18, which is supported by t e arm between the handle-stem and the arbor.

The pestle 19, which is preferably an inverted-ldome-shaped piece having either a smooth or roughened surface, is fastened to the gear-hub 18. The outline of this pestle is such and it is so hung that its outer wall conforms with and extends close to the inner wall of the bowl.

When the handle is turned, the arm bearing the pinions and the pestle is revolved .so

pestle drawn inwardly between the pestle and the walls of the bowl and crushed and mashed together as the pestle revolves.

As a result of this construction eggs can be very quickly beaten, cream can be thoroughly whipped, sugar, butter, and the like ingredients for cake, pastry, and other purposes can. be quickly and thorou hly mashed and mixed, all lumps in the ingre ients are reduced, and slippery and greasy matters are thoroughly mashed together and incorporated with each other, so as to form a smooth soft mass, particularly desirable for producing good culinary efl'ects. A

The cover revents the ingredients from spilling, and t e pestle extends to the under side of the cover, so that thesubstance will not easily get into it. 'Phe device is easilya plied to a support, and by unscrewing t e utteriiy-nut t e mechanism may be quickly removed for cleaning. j

The invention claimed is 1. A culinary utensil havin a bowl, a covery for the bowl, a gear supporte by the cover, a handle having a stein extending through the cover, an arm secured to the handle-stem,a pestle supported by the arm, a gear attached to the pestle, and pinions carried by the arm, one meshing with the cover -gear and -the other meshing with the pestle-gear, substantially as s ecified. v y

2. A cu inary utensil having a bowl, a cover for the bowl, an external gear supported by the cover, a handle having a stem extending through the cover and the gear, an artm secured to the handle-stem inside ofthe gear, al pestle rotarily supported by the arm, a gear attached to the pestle, an arbor supported by the arm, a pinion attached to one end of the arbor and meshing with the cover-gear, and a pinion attached to the other end of the arbor and meshing with the pestle-gear, substantially as specified. n

3.. A culinary utensil having a bowl, a cover Jfor the bowl, an external gear supported byv the cover, a handle having a stem extending through the cover and the gear, an arm ,secured to the handle-stem inside ofthe gear, a gear rotarily supported by the arm, an arbor carried by the arm, a pinion attached to one yend of the arbor and meshing with the ear 

